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If we asked you for the most iconic, most quotable movie lines of all time, you’d come up with at least a dozen on the spot, right?

CineFix certainly did. In fact, they pulled together an even hundred for good measure. Whether it’s a killer one-liner, a bit of cinematic poetry, or the unexpected delivery of an ordinary phrase, these are the lines that became synonymous with their movies’ cultural impact.

For the second year in a row, Johnny Depp’s films can barely justify his paycheck. We know that famous actors can make tens of millions of dollars for their work, but the understanding of those who pay them is that the movies will earn it back — in a big way.

That wasn’t the case for Depp, the year’s most overpaid actor according to Forbes; Depp’s films made $2.80 for every dollar he was paid. He and other big-name stars had films’ fates riding on their bankability and didn’t always deliver to the extent producers wanted, though, to be fair, Depp’s movies are bringing in more than he makes. Read more…

If the first 30 seconds of the Fifty Shades Darker suggest that this isn’t going to be a crazy kooky sex movie — surprise! Anastasia Steele is back with Christian Gray and everything is creepy Beyoncé covers and everything hurts.

Fifty Shades of Grey ended with the couple splitting, probably because they spent too much time sitting at tables negotiating sex contracts. Anastasia displays a distinctly not-steely resolve in Darker by agreeing to go to dinner with her ex (“Because I’m…hungry”) and ends up sliding off her panties under the table (Did they even get food??). CLASSIC. Read more…

But in having to face the press this week to promote the movie, Damon inevitably had to respond to one of the biggest complaints about the movie so far — that the main role should’ve gone to an Asian person.

He reportedly said that stories labelling the movie as “whitewashed” were “outrageous,” and that his role as a mercenary going to China to steal gunpowder had always been intended as European. Read more…

History will remember — or choose to forget — a lot about 2016, and much of that will live forever archived on Twitter.

The top trends of the year ranged from the Olympics to Game of Thrones, covering everything in between from the Brexit to #BlackLivesMatter. Celebrities, movies, GIFs and challenges paint a picture of the 2016 in danger of drowning but looking firmly in the other direction.

Nothing launched Australia onto the world stage quite like 1986 film Crocodile Dundee.

The star of it all, Paul Hogan, has finally been recognised for his contribution to the local film industry by receiving the Longford Lyell Award from the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA).

The Lego vs. Barbie debate is as old and divisive as Backstreet vs. N*Sync, and now both toys will have feature films to fight with: Sony is developing a live-action Barbie comedy, and is in talks with Amy Schumer to portray the toy heroine, Mashable has confirmed.

Though no deals have been signed, Schumer and two other prominent female artists are in early talks with the studio for the film written by Hillary Winton. Schumer and her sister will likely be involved in the writing process as well.

In the film, Barbie gets kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough, and ends up on a live-action adventure in our world, similar to Disney’s Enchanted in 2007. The project emerged from a deal between Sony and Mattel which began over two years ago. Read more…

Every great film director was influenced by another who came before them, all the way back to the beginning of cinema. These are the people who make the movies that make other people realize they want to make movies.

And a whole lot of them are on this CIneFix list, from the original Lumiere Brothers to modern icons like Steven Spielberg and Spike Lee.